Trump Hit Piece

BBG Watch Commentary A U.S. federal government employee who works as a reporter for taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and collects a six-figure salary has reposted on a personal but public Facebook page a photo of North Korean communist leader…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary As reported by The Washington Post and others, Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it sold ads totaling $100,000 during the U.S. presidential campaign to a Russian company, believed to be pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. According to media…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary There have been more one-sided attacks on President Trump in recent Voice of America (VOA) news reports which extensively quote Trump’s critics without anyone from the administration or among Trump’s supporters being given an opportunity of responding…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Some Voice of America (VOA) reporters and editors are hard at work to prove to their international and U.S. domestic audiences (about half of VOA English online traffic is from the United States) that Donald Trump is…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary A news analysis in The Washington Post cited from a Voice of America (VOA) report which compared President Donald Trump to 20th century mass murderers — Lenin, Stalin, and Mao — because of Trump’s tweet in which…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In a one sided attack piece on President Donald Trump, Voice of America (VOA) reporters compared him to such mass murderers as Lenin, Stalin and Mao because of Trump’s criticism of media bias. The Voice of America…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In the department of misleading news being repeated by mainstream media while the real story is exactly the opposite of what is reported, a comment made to National Public Radio (NPR) by Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary A July 8, 2016 e-mail from Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett to her staff, we believe, has set the tone for one-sided panels, which were promoted in VOA and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) press…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary CORRECTION: An earlier version of this commentary had a reference to tweets and retweets allegedly posted on by a manager in the Voice of America Persian Service. We were subsequently informed that the Twitter account, which showed…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Editor’s Note: A critique of misleading media reports about the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) — most if not all of which are believed to have been initiated by BBG and Voice of America (VOA) officials and/or…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) has removed from the web its special project “Trump Inauguration Bingo” after BBG Watch exposed it as a further evidence of some VOA reporters, editors and managers continuing to mock President Trump, his…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Reporters working for the U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY2017) Voice of America (VOA), some of whom had used before an F-word to describe Donald Trump on social media, called him “fool” and told a sex joke about his…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Unprecedented use of hate speech, use of an F-word, a vulgar and sexist sex joke about Melania Trump, and biased reporting by some Voice of America (VOA) journalists happened under the chaotic leadership of VOA director Amanda…Read more

BBG Watch Media Helle Dale, the senior fellow for public diplomacy in The Heritage Foundation, noted in her Washington Times op-ed about the bipartisan legislation to reform the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) that “Congressional discontent [with the BBG] is…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary VOA Civil Service Employees Satire Trump, Future First Lady, Bill Clinton “And the No. 1 top reason to love America: It’s where a woman who posed naked for a men’s magazine can be First Lady!”…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded ($224M FY 2017) Voice of America (VOA) continues to post what can only be described as hit pieces on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his nominees to cabinet and White House positions. Not all of…Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.